First UK Medtech strategy published

On February 03, 2023, the first medical technology (Medtech) strategy in the UK was published. The new Medtech Directorate at the Department of Health and Social Care developed the strategy, which sets the government's ambition to accelerate access to innovative medical technologies. Building on the broader Life Sciences Vision, the document reviews the current UK Medtech landscape, outlines the vision for Medtech, and defines priority areas for action.

The vision focuses on three central objectives:

• Right product, which must be safe for all, clinically effective, innovative, and sustainable;
• Right price, which must be value for money, outcomes-focused, whole pathway cost, and quality data;
• Right place, which must include access, availability, adoptions, and resilience.

Four priority areas to support the vision are resilience and continuity of supply, innovative and dynamic markets, enabling infrastructure, and specific market focuses. An implementation plan for the strategy will be published in early 2023, outlining the planned actions for each priority.

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